Nuke Info Tokyo 1989

NUKE INFO TOKYO 14 (Nov. /Dec. 1989)

• Iodine Leaks at Tokai Reprocessing Plant
• HLW Disposal Plans Come to Light
• Anti-Nuclear Activities Mount in October and November
• One Million Signature Drive Starts in Korea
• KEPC0 Indicted for Negligence
• Meaningless Dispute over Plutonium Shipment
• Important Incidents at Nuclear Plants
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Society for a Prefectural Ordinance – No Radioactive Garbage in Okayama!
• News Watch
  — Dead Fish Found off Nuclear Power Plant
  — Japan Reluctant to Cut Co2
  — Japanese Nuclear Industry Heading for Third World Markets
  — Annual Safety Report Issued
  — Major Design Revision for LLW Storage Facility

NUKE INFO TOKYO 13 (Sep. /Oct. 1989)

• National Rally for A Nuclear Phase-Out Law Held in Osaka
• Future of Nuclear Energy Still Uncertain After Election
• High Radioactivity Detected in Animal Feed Dry Milk – Is Food in Africa and Asia All Right?
• Nuclear Power in Korea
• Citizens Participate in Gensuikin Convention
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Shuhei Shirasaki and Maki Landowners’ Group
• Data: Workers’ Exposure in 1988
• News Watch
  — Nuclear Issue Revives in Hidaka
  — Aomori Farmer’s Cooperatives Oppose Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  — Kamaishi Invites High- Level Waste Disposal Research Facility
  — Residents Outside 20km Zone Denied Right to Sue
  — Residents Fear Early Restart of Fukushima II-3
  — Emergency Drill Held in Fukui

NUKE INFO TOKYO 12 (July/Aug. 1989)

• Citizens Occupy City Hall for a Month in Suzu City
• Protests against H-bomb Dropped off Okinawa
• Tokyo Electric Holds Shareholders Meeting amidst Mounting Accidents at Fukushima
• 1.2 Million Sign Petition to Phase Out Nuclear Power
• Debate between Citizens and Electric Co.
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – “Nausicaa” and “We Need No Nukes! Hiroshima Network”
• News Watch
  — Tomari No.1 Reactor Goes on Line
  — Japan Atomic Industrial Forum Survey on Overseas Cooperation
  — LDP Suffers Dramatic Defeat in Upper House Election
  — N-Accident Scale Introduced
  — Utilities Cut Off Power S1upply to Maruki Museum
  — Cracks in Bolts of Ikata Reactor as Expected

NUKE INFO TOKYO 11 (May/June/ 1989)

• Rally against N-Fuel Cycle Facility
• Application for Rokkasho Plant Will Touch off Heated Controversy
• April 23–Rallies Held throughout Japan
• TV Debate – A Big Success
• Spent Fuel Sent to US
• South Korea’s Anti-Nuclear Power Movement Builds
• Nuclear Plant Availability Falls
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Hisako Kondo
• News Watch
  — Dummy Bomb Dropped Near N-Fuel Cycle Facility Site
  — Funds Set Aside for Decommissioning
  — Hirosaki Branch LDP Opposes Reprocessing Plant
  — Strong Support for Anti-Nuke Candidates in Suzu Election
  — Tomari Trial Opens
  — Sit-in at Shikoku Electric
  — Lost H-Bomb Causes Anger

NUKE INFO TOKYO 10 (Mar./Apr.1989)

• Pump Rupture at Fukushima II Arouses Serious Safety Concern
• Nuclear Plant Workers Show Higher Risk of Chromosome Damage
• Citizens Set up Monitoring Centers for Contaminated Foods
• Former Mining Sites at Ningyotoge Pose Danger
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Group Merde
• News Watch
  — Rokkasho Permit Application Submitted
  — Onagawa Permit Granted
  — Shimane Unit 2 on Life
  — Lawsuit to Scrap Mutsu
  — Chubu Electric to Purchase Uranium from U.S. and Canada
  — SDF to Guard Plutonium-Shipments?
  — Japan, Taiwan Agree to Swap N-Power Info

NUKE INFO TOKYO 9 (Jan./Feb.1989)

• Petition for a Denuclearization Law Takes off
• Nuclear Industry is About to Peak Out
• Food Irradiation in Japan
• Uranium Imports from Namibia
• Citizens Polled on Nuclear Power Issue
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Yuto Mionoya
• News Watch
  — Farmers Oppose N-fuel Cycle Facility
  — Hokkaido Assembly Rejects Plebiscite Resolution
  — Construction of Noto Plant Begins
  — Nuclear Accident Indemnity To Be Tripled
  — Anti-Nuclear Protests in Korea
  — Availability of Nuclear Plants Falls
  — Three Successive Shutdowns at Fukushima II-3
  — Doctors Pass Resolution Against N-Fuel Cycle Facility